Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the most part , the activities they followed confirmed the earlier divisions , and what the Tudor and early Stuart gentry and yeomen did was to exploit much of the local potential more fully . |
| 2 | It was only the fact that , as Dorothy said , they believed that ‘ wealth entails social responsibility ’ , that made the activities they funded the target of six decades of jeers and sneers . |
| 3 | Some amateur associations went as far as legal prosecution to prevent any payment or pro fit being derived from the activities they controlled . |
| 4 | None of the agencies involved in the official investigation of the Flight 103 bombing , either British or American , had even attempted to question him about the activities he had observed on Cyprus , despite all the rumours of the DEA 's involvement . |
| 5 | Charles had chosen to stay in Scotland because it was the perfect time of year for all the activities he enjoyed there . |
| 6 | Her husband , who had been so attentive in the sunshine , was back on home territory , in the place he loved best on earth , surrounded by the people and the activities he loved most . |
| 7 | The shabby room above the tobacconist 's shop where we held our ward meetings became home to me and , in a queer way , made me feel whole and integrated again so that I began to look back on the activities I had taken part in with Sophie as some kind of mental aberration . |
| 8 | She was still in love with the man , and the knowledge threatened to crumble the defences she 'd been steadfastly attempting to rebuild all day . |
| 9 | According to Olson , it was not the beliefs of the eighteenth century essayists that led to changes in the conception of language and rationality , an assertion that could be tested against the historical evidence , but the forms they used , the alphabet and the essay . |
| 10 | Do you remember the , the forms you signed ? |
| 11 | I therefore completed to his satisfaction all the forms he gave me , and I gave him a detailed written description of our proposal , and a revised working drawing showing greater detail , with both of which he seemed satisfied . |
| 12 | Everywhere else , European civilization was already predominant although there were important differences in the forms it took . |
| 13 | The USSR had had a long-standing military relationship with Afghanistan but the scale of the Soviet military intervention in that country in the 1980s and the forms it took were quite unprecedented in Soviet-Third World relations . |
| 14 | However , I think the minister had something to do with the essays I wrote and the natural history notes I kept day by day besides the almost daily entries in a general diary … |
| 15 | But the BHS say the hats they recommended , which comply with a British standard , are safe ; a harness hat with a chin strap and a jockey skull hat . |
| 16 | Where did you get the inspiration for the hairstyles you created for the Awards ? |
| 17 | Well I was t taking piano lessons , studying for the exams I went over the top , I had to give it up and I did n't go to school then for another eighteen months . |
| 18 | The trade unions were particularly effective at publicising the difficulties some private contractors encountered in fulfilling the contracts they had accepted ( Ascher 1987:224 ) . |
| 19 | He accepted that the complainants were under no misapprehension about the nature of the acts they had engaged in . |
| 20 | Terrified , they simulated the acts he ordered . |
| 21 | Everyone did their own labelling. , As a result of this approach , a strong camaraderie developed between the Roddicks and the franchisees they selected to help spread their business philosophy . |
| 22 | We would like to point out that many people at the centre told us that the attitudes we had encountered were less prevalent now than they had been in the past , and would continue to diminish . |
| 23 | Both the external images of apartness and the usefulness of the attitudes they represented were considered questionable . |
| 24 | We have done little to consider how new members entering the religious life nowadays can internalize the attitudes they attempted to represent . |
| 25 | Temperamental , moody , and irascible , he appeared to many of his critics to be culpably inconsistent in the attitudes he took to some of the contentious issues of his day . |
| 26 | Surridge 's ebullience and enthusiasm continued to flow , his force of personality holding together some pretty strong-willed characters in his XI , and the crowds they attracted to The oval were often huge . |
| 27 | We all imagined he had some secret new money-spinning idea and soon we 'd all be amazed at what he 'd done to the place , and coming here to marvel at the crowds he 'd managed to attract … but I do n't think he was ever looking for a site for some viable business venture ; I think he was just looking for somewhere suited to his burned-out , fed-up , pissed-off mood . |
| 28 | How could the child he loved most have failed to inherit either his instincts or the opinions he had with such difficulty acquired ? |
| 29 | For the labourers he had produced , on a twenty-seven by twenty-four-foot ground plan , a unit containing a lobby , living room , scullery , indoor w.c. , and one large and two small bedrooms . |
| 30 | Equally obviously the questioners were seeking confirmation of the rituals they believed had taken place ; rituals that included real or simulated sexual acts between adults and children in the hours of darkness ; acts that included ritualistic music , dance and dress . |